Harrow



May 22, 192s. '1,670,521

A C. T. RAY L HARROW Filed Feb. 20, 1925 LHAMS TKA.

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CHARLES T; RAY, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR TOB. F. AVERY a ,sONs, 'or VLo'UisvItLn. KENTUCKY, A CORPORATION oF KENTUCKY.

HARROW.

Application led Ifebrnary 20, 1,925.y Serial No.` 10,5773.

This invention relates to ilnprovements in harrows, and more particularlyto fastening means' for attaching a barrow" tooth to the support-ing bar of afharrow. The primary object of the invention is to provide Aa tooth clamp which will` effectively hold` a harrow tooth in position on the 'harrow supporting bar without the use of bolts, screwsand the like', thereby eliminating the necessity of lpunching holes in the barrow supporting. bar .and at the same time providing aclamp which will not allow the tooth to become loosened by Iuse in the field. 1

A further object ofthe invention .is to pro# videa tooth clamp having yielding or resilient characteristics which will permit its arms to be spread apart in the operation ofdriving. the toothto its place andvby reason of the tendencyto constantlyy vreturn totheir original positions, to always exert sufficient vforce on the tooth Ato prevent the latter from accidently loosening. y t

A still `further object is toprovdeva correlation of toot-h bar,. resilieut tooth clamp and harrow tooth such that the operation of driving-the tooth to its place` will 4,cause the 'clampl to move transversely ofthe tooth bar andfits arms tospread apart and the tooth to be thereby ltightly clamped against the bar,r l l l kTeethof various shapes maybe used with t-he present Vclamp but it is/preferredto use f lbarrow tooth 9, and as beforestated, gthe a tooth of triangular sectiomy which gives a Wide bearing against the barrow toothbar r,and lat, the same timel provides'a pointed edge at the front or Working part of Athe tooth, to facilitate cutting through the soil;l

W-ith the foregoing objects outlinedand with other objects `in view which will `appear as the description proceeds,fthe invention` consists in the novel features hereinafter describedin detail, illustrated in the accompanying draw-ing andimore particularly pointed out in the ,appended claims.. In the drawing: Y fr .4 Figure `l lis a side vview of the improved ela-mp iitted over avharrowtooth bar, vand showing a harrow tooth justwafter it has been passed'into the lower hole of the clamp.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional; view of the tion', as shown,yso thatits broad rear surr'clamp to.

tooth bar and clamp' anda side view of `the toothafter Athe latter has beenydriven into position.

Fig. 3 is a oFig.2.v f In thejdrawing, 1 `designates the-tooth bar of a harrow,` and this bar is preferably of channel-shaped sheet metal yto provide a plan view taken Online strong and inexp'ensivestructure. Ofcourse,

thevbar may be made in variousjways' but vit is desirable to have the same vprovided with two oppositely disposed outer .curved surfaces 2, for a purpose; hereinafter described, EvenA if the bar Ll be made solid (that is Without a channel) `the 'surfaces 2 should Abe provided, as they unction'as camming means for theclanip,gas wil'l'be eX- ,plained laten -v The Clamp 3 yis preferably of U-shape and is madefof steelwith ananalysis which vvill-A providel relatively stiff ,resilient material. The clamp `includes a crossh'ead and thearms 5. VThe inner surfaces 6 near theiends of the` crosshead 4C are .curved-on arcs having-a greaterradius than ,the radii ofthe' surlaces 2, whereby when .the clamp is `mov-ed infthedirection ofthe arrowy 7- relatively tothe stationary baril,

lthesuracesQ will 'act on the surfaces 6 and cause the latter to wedge or cam outwardly,

forl the purposeof spreadingl the arms 5 `apa-rt, in` the manner shown in Fig.l 2.

Eachl arm `5 has 'an aperture 8 to receive a l h'arrovv tooth 'is preferably of triangular' secface 10 will abut against the front edges `11 of the bar l to provide af good bearing for `the tooth on the bar.

Fig. 2. i l

\ 7Vhen the lower lpointed end 121,01? tooth diverge in the `manner shown vin aperture in the lower arm 5 will have a tend ency to wedge kbetween the edges liet the tooth bar and theedges-.l ofthe apertures` y io `8 and. consequently the clamp will be pulled `the arms 5 will be spread, so that the upper extremity 14 of the front edge of the upper aperture 8 andthe lower extremity 15 of the front edge of the lower aperture 8, will tend to bite into t-he tooth 9 and prevent the latter from moving up or down. Owing to the resiliency of the metal of the cla-mp 3, the clamp has a tendency to always return to the position shown in Figure 1, and consequently it constantly pulls on the front portion of the tooth 9 and forces the rear surface l() of the latter against the edges l1. Therefore, after a tooth has been driven into position, itwill remainxed in this position.

From the foregoing, it is believed that the construction, operation and advantages of the invention may be readily understood and vit is obvious that various changes may be made in the 'details rdisclosed'without departing 'from the spirit of the invention as expressed in the claims.

What is claimed and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is: I

1. The combination with a harrow tooth bar7 of a distortable clamp for'engagement therewith, said clampl comprising oppositely resilient arms `having registering openings, and a harrow tooth driven through the openings and while being so driven co-operating withthe bar to distortI the clamp by spreading said arms apart to thereby cause a secure binding of t-he tooth between the clamp and the bar.

2. The combination with a harrow tooth bar, of a substantially U-shaped distortable clamp which extends around one of two lopposite sides ofthe bar and whose arms are yoppositely resilient and are formed with openings lying in a plane forward of the other ofthe opposite sides of the bar, and a harrow tooth which is driven through said openings 'and' is engaged with the adjacent side of the bar and a wall of an opening and while being so driven relatively to the bar and clamp causes a. spreading of lthe arms of the clamp to securely bind the tooth between the clamp and the bar.

3. The combination with a harrow tooth bar and a substantially U-shaped distortable lwith each other at separated placesy respectivelyv adjacent the top and bottom of the bar, the curvature of the bar and clamp being on different radii, and said `clamp having its arms formed with openings; of a harrow tooth driven through-said openings and in its movement causing a spreading of the arms of the clamp to securelyvbind the tooth between the clamp and the bar.

4,-. The combination with a harrow tooth bar having oppositely disposed cam surfaces, of a. distortable clamp mounted upon and movable relatively to the bar and having l'registering openings at the side of the bar opposite said cam surfaces, the clamp and clamp for causing the arms of the clamp v to spread apart` when the tooth 'is driven into said apertures, whereby certain edges of the apertures tend tobite into thetooth.

6. In combination, a harrow tooth bar provided at one side with spaced upper and f lower edges and at. its opposite side with spaced cam surfaces, a substantially U- shaped resilient clamp embracingl the bar and having cam surfaces co-acting withthe cam surfaces of the bar to cause thearms of the clamp to spread apart when the 'clamp is moved in one direction relatively to thebar, the arms of said clamp having apertures extending forwardly of the vupper and lower edges of the bar, and al tooth driven through said apertures and bearingv against said edges of the bar` to pullthe4 clamp in the direction to cause the arms of the clamp to spread apart and secure the toothy in position between the clamp and bar.'

` 7, In combination, a harrow tooth bar, a.v

substantially U-shaped resilient' clamp embracing the bar and .having arms lprovided with substantially triangular shaped apertures` and a toothy of substantially triangular shape in'cross section and driven through said apertures, to pull the clamp in one direction relatively to the bar` and securely toiind the tooth between the clamp and the 8. Thev combination with a harrowtooth bar having spaced upper and lower edges -at one side and spaced cam surfaces atits opposite side, a substantiallyU-shaped distortable clamp embracingthebar and having arms projecting outwardly beyond said edges, said clamp having Cami/surfaces to eoact with the cam surfaces 'of the bar for causing .spreading of the arms of the clamp apart when the clamp is moved in one direction relatively to the bar, said` clamp having substantially triangular apertures in its arms, and a tooth which is'substantially through the apertures and bears against said edges of the bar andfcertain edges of the Vtriangular in cross section and islfdriven apertures to spread the arms apart and the plane of the corresponding side of theA bar, and a harrovv tooth of less area than that of either aperture and `-vvhieh inthev l0 operation of driving it into place'will cause movement of the clamp relatively to the bar and place sadresilent members under tenslon.

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CHARLES T. RAY.

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